Pleo is adorable.

My friend Nitin introduced me to Pleo.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E0C55PEcj5E

Pleo retails for around 300$. He apparently has evolution stages like 'hatchling', etc.

You can get me one from here :)
http://www.amazon.com/Pleo-Dinosaur-Ugobe-Life-Form/dp/B000RWEGCO/ref=pd_bbs_sr_1?ie=UTF8&s=electronics&qid=1200157548&sr=8-1

Amazon seems to be swamped with orders for this lil cutie dino.

Simon Jansen builds a Bender bending Rodriguez

For people who watched 'Futurama' (the good people), here's an example of a good project.

Simon Jansen builds a life-size Bender who brews beer in his chest cavity and runs off a 6502 processor from an old Commodore Drive - true to the spirit of Bender.

http://asciimation.co.nz/bender/page4.html

Like all good things, it was a lot of effort but a commendable and very cool effort, indeed. Bender would be so proud.